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Meditation which is like a water falling from a cliff: Thoughts continuously following one after the other. They seem to be even more numerous than before, because you have become aware of mind's movements.
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Tashi deleg, my name is gelongma jamyang wangmo. I follow the four Tibetan traditions, and the Gelug and Nyingma traditions in particular. My main teachers are the late Lama Thubten Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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I have translated a long Chenrezig sadhana and fire puja by the Seventh Dalai Lama, a Tara fire puja by Trijang Rinpoche, a text on how to deal with the corpses of high lamas (can't remember now the author), the Prayer to the Six Syllable Great Compassionate One (Jobo Thugje chenpo), the Rinjung Gyatsa collected by Taranatha, vol. 2, the Heruka Lama Chopa , countless small prayers, the Guide to Maratika by Ngawang Chophel Gyatso and his biography, the biography of the Lawudo Lama Kunzang Yeshe, and many other small texts. I have just published a book entitled The Lawudo Lama, stories of Reincarnation from the Everest Region.
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- Like a river rushing through gorges: The mind alternates between periods of rest and activity.
 
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- Like a wide river flowing easily: The mind moves when disturbed by circumstances, and otherwise rests calmly.
 
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- Like an lake with a few ripples on the surface: The mind is slightly agitated on the surface but remains calm and present in the depth.
 
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- Like a still ocean: An unshakable and effortless concentration that does not need to resort to antidotes against thoughts. [MR]
 

Revision as of 01:10, 19 January 2006

Tashi deleg, my name is gelongma jamyang wangmo. I follow the four Tibetan traditions, and the Gelug and Nyingma traditions in particular. My main teachers are the late Lama Thubten Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. I have translated a long Chenrezig sadhana and fire puja by the Seventh Dalai Lama, a Tara fire puja by Trijang Rinpoche, a text on how to deal with the corpses of high lamas (can't remember now the author), the Prayer to the Six Syllable Great Compassionate One (Jobo Thugje chenpo), the Rinjung Gyatsa collected by Taranatha, vol. 2, the Heruka Lama Chopa , countless small prayers, the Guide to Maratika by Ngawang Chophel Gyatso and his biography, the biography of the Lawudo Lama Kunzang Yeshe, and many other small texts. I have just published a book entitled The Lawudo Lama, stories of Reincarnation from the Everest Region.

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